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obama and mr. lu is getting something done will require coming to agreement with congress, and there the philosophical divide is so wide, that makes getting something done very challenging. >> ifill: part of the divide is health care. this is the time when the rubber hits the road in terms of implementation. this is a cabinet member who is not leaving. >> i think one of the reasons she has job stability and we see with some of the the appointments getting confirmed. there has not been a head of the-- one of the subcabinet appointments in him h.s., the head of the center for medicare and medicaid services since 2006, in the middle of bush's bs second term because it is so difficult to get that through the senate. it would be hard to imagine trying to replace kathleen sebieluous, which is probably a good thing, because she has so much to do this year, getting the affordable care act up and running, most of it in times for january 1, 2014, plus all of these budget debates that are going on that will i
obama and mr. lu is getting something done will require coming to agreement with congress, and there the philosophical divide is so wide, that makes getting something done very challenging. >> ifill: part of the divide is health care. this is the time when the rubber hits the road in terms of implementation. this is a cabinet member who is not leaving. >> i think one of the reasons she has job stability and we see with some of the the appointments getting confirmed. there has not...
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won 94% of districts that obama represents sit in districts mitt romney won. so there's no swing districts left. so much of what he's doing is about the rhetoric and message which is this is the one thing the president has a bully pulpit and from it he can really determine what the message is going to be and what the agenda is going to be. >> suarez: but maybe also with his steadily raising approval ratings a way of showing the congress "i have the people with me." >> in the first term when the president was able to get things done it was when he was demonstrating to members of congress that he has the people with him. that his popularity ratings were higher than theirs were. i think a low point was in the summer of 2011 when he was trying to work out a grand bargain with the speaker and he in good faith tried to work things out and negotiated behind closed doors and they saw what you see when that thing happens. the other side gets to represent your point of view sometimes and says this is what the president wants to do and how we've done that. that was a low
won 94% of districts that obama represents sit in districts mitt romney won. so there's no swing districts left. so much of what he's doing is about the rhetoric and message which is this is the one thing the president has a bully pulpit and from it he can really determine what the message is going to be and what the agenda is going to be. >> suarez: but maybe also with his steadily raising approval ratings a way of showing the congress "i have the people with me." >> in...
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captioning sponsored by macneil/lehrer productions >> brown: president obama took his push for tighter gun control laws on the road today to a police department in minnesota. good evening. i'm jeffrey brown. >> ifill: and i'm gwen ifill. on the newshour tonight, we get reaction to the president's proposal to ban assault weapons and institute universal background checks from two local law enforcement officials. >> brown: then, we have the story of a navy seal, a sniper in the iraq war and best-selling author who was gunned down by a fellow veteran at a shooting range in texas. >> ifill: margaret warner looks at how ancient manuscripts in mali were saved, hidden from destruction during the conflict with islamist rebels. >> brown: what makes a great teacher? hari sreenivasan reports on a charter school in connecticut that uses a checklist to evaluate and keep the best of them in the classroom. >> we have parents, students peer and principal surveys, so the teachers are really getting a whole 360 take on what they are doing well and what they need to improve. >> ifill: the 500-year-old bon
captioning sponsored by macneil/lehrer productions >> brown: president obama took his push for tighter gun control laws on the road today to a police department in minnesota. good evening. i'm jeffrey brown. >> ifill: and i'm gwen ifill. on the newshour tonight, we get reaction to the president's proposal to ban assault weapons and institute universal background checks from two local law enforcement officials. >> brown: then, we have the story of a navy seal, a sniper in the...
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but obama has publicly at least advanced a hawkish position. so she seems to be walking in tandem with him there. so you know it isn't really clear if she had been left to her own devices or if obama had played richard nixon and made her his kissinger, whether she would have taken positions very different from his. as it is because she was the implementer she tried to carve out some areas of her own, networking public diplomacy and working on women's issues. but even in those areas including women's issues i'm not sure how lasting the impact is going to be. for example, if we pull completely out of afghanistan all the games that women have made maybe lost. >> susan glasser quick final thoughts. >> well, i guess we're all going to be talking about hillary clinton for some time to come. we are have four years to wait and speculate to see whether she runs for president or not. >> suarez: susan glaser trudy rubin, thank you both. >> woodruff: and to the analysis of shields and brooks-- syndicated columnist mark shields and "new york times" columnis
but obama has publicly at least advanced a hawkish position. so she seems to be walking in tandem with him there. so you know it isn't really clear if she had been left to her own devices or if obama had played richard nixon and made her his kissinger, whether she would have taken positions very different from his. as it is because she was the implementer she tried to carve out some areas of her own, networking public diplomacy and working on women's issues. but even in those areas including...
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obama wants more tax revenue. the republicans say no and each side said it's up to the other to give in. major garrett is at the white house for us tonight. major, what next? >> well, the continued effort by the white house scott to apply public pressure on republicans to relent. this will be done in public to events like we saw today. it's already been done privately. top government officials are warning businesses they could be harmed by these looming spending cuts. here's one example we've learned. last friday top officials at the agriculture department warned meat and poultry producers that there might not be enough federal inspectors to keep their processing plants open and operating. these are designed to motivate businesses to plead with republicans to find another way. for now republicans appear prepared to take these spending cuts because they say they will argue to the public they're more serious about deficit reduction than president obama. >> pelley: is there any reason to believe that there's progress
obama wants more tax revenue. the republicans say no and each side said it's up to the other to give in. major garrett is at the white house for us tonight. major, what next? >> well, the continued effort by the white house scott to apply public pressure on republicans to relent. this will be done in public to events like we saw today. it's already been done privately. top government officials are warning businesses they could be harmed by these looming spending cuts. here's one example...
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>>> as president obama and congress tangle over how to avoid steep cuts to the budget, the white house angers some lawmakers by drafting its own plan to tackle immigration reform. >>> on hold, olympic sprinter and accused murderer oscar pistorius cancels his upcoming races as new details emerge about the shooting death of his girlfriend. >>> and poll position. danica patrick makes history, becoming the first woman to grab the top starting spot at the daytona 500. this is the "cbs morning news" for february 18th, 2013. captioning funded by cbs morning. good to be with you. >>> good morning. good to be with you. i'm anne-marie green. we begin with immigration reform and the stir caused by a leaked white house proposal. critics are blasting the plan. the administration says the alternative proposal is just a backup in case congress can't agree on a deal. as reported by "usa today," the president's plan would allow illegal immigrants to become legal permanent residents within eight years. they would have to pass a background check, learn english and u.s. history, and pay back taxes. susan
>>> as president obama and congress tangle over how to avoid steep cuts to the budget, the white house angers some lawmakers by drafting its own plan to tackle immigration reform. >>> on hold, olympic sprinter and accused murderer oscar pistorius cancels his upcoming races as new details emerge about the shooting death of his girlfriend. >>> and poll position. danica patrick makes history, becoming the first woman to grab the top starting spot at the daytona 500. this...
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citizen and the obama administration agreed to show congress the legal opinion justifies such attacks. the white house argues that from strikes effectively target america's enemies but critics cite heavy civilian casualties and the u.s. relies on them too much. >> the drone is the only weapon that really frightened insurgents. it is ineffective. we cannot possibly kill these people one at a time and expect to come out on top. >> they are clearly not invincible. iranian tv has shown these pictures that come from a u.s. surveillance drone they captured two years ago. it's interesting timing. >> with me here in the studio is a former adviser to president obama's special up is that it to afghanistan and pakistan. you understand this area of the world very closely. how important is this to the national security? >> it has killed a number of al qaeda leaders but it has not decimated the organization completely. it has pushed them to move into other areas of the middle east. also, at a very high political cost. it does cause an enormous amount of anger in pakistan which has helped to spread
citizen and the obama administration agreed to show congress the legal opinion justifies such attacks. the white house argues that from strikes effectively target america's enemies but critics cite heavy civilian casualties and the u.s. relies on them too much. >> the drone is the only weapon that really frightened insurgents. it is ineffective. we cannot possibly kill these people one at a time and expect to come out on top. >> they are clearly not invincible. iranian tv has shown...
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adam may, wjz eyewitness news. >> and after the breakfast, president obama shook dr. carson's hand and congratulated him on the speech. >>> get ready for some more rain to move this way, a live look outside right now. another chilly, february evening. it's been another mostly snow- free winter. so far, meteorologist bernadette woods and bob turk are updating first warning forecast. here's bob. >> officially, the airport puts out a little under 5 feet of snow all winter long. winter is not over yet. it's still possible we will see more. right now, 37 elfk ton. and 39 in d.c. there is moisture out to the west. but with that moisture, there's a lot warmer air. in fact, warm fronts develop just to the north of chicago. up to the north of pittsburgh. we will actually warm up overnight and during the day tomorrow. with more on that, bernadette woods is in the outback. bernadette? >> that's right. the surf is coming our way. but again, mainly in the form of rain. now, there's the chance, maybe a little bit of mixed precipitation, beginning and very end of the storm system. y
adam may, wjz eyewitness news. >> and after the breakfast, president obama shook dr. carson's hand and congratulated him on the speech. >>> get ready for some more rain to move this way, a live look outside right now. another chilly, february evening. it's been another mostly snow- free winter. so far, meteorologist bernadette woods and bob turk are updating first warning forecast. here's bob. >> officially, the airport puts out a little under 5 feet of snow all winter...
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obama delivers the state of the union address to a joint session of congress. senator marco rubio of florida will have the republican response. on wednesday, the 48th academy of country music nominations will be announced. thursday, of course saint valentine's day. on friday a big asteroid 150 feet wide called 2012da14 is expected to pass some 17,000 miles from earth. they're close as asteroids go but they say there's no chance of a collision. on saturday north korea marks the birthday of its late dictator king jong il who died in december of 2011. earlier martha teichner looked at the public policy debate over the u.s. military's use of drones. for a look at the drones themselves what they can do and what they may be able to do some day we turn to our national security correspondent david martin. >> reporter: richard phillips captain of the container ship was more than a little grateful when seal team 6 rescued him from somali pirates. he could have also thanked a little known unmanned aircraft called scan eagle. while phillips drifted in a life boat at the me
obama delivers the state of the union address to a joint session of congress. senator marco rubio of florida will have the republican response. on wednesday, the 48th academy of country music nominations will be announced. thursday, of course saint valentine's day. on friday a big asteroid 150 feet wide called 2012da14 is expected to pass some 17,000 miles from earth. they're close as asteroids go but they say there's no chance of a collision. on saturday north korea marks the birthday of its...
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this time the flap is about the obama administration. it liamed out as the lawmakers on capitol hill work out on details of their own. bill planlt is at the white house. good morning. >> what they really want is for senators to write new laws for immigration reform. they deny that they're trying to politicize the process. president obama's new chief of staff said sunday the white house is working on a plan of its own. that leaked document an zbrering a lot of congressional republicans. they accused them of a very powe tenltd issue. white house officials tell us they're not interested in doing that. that's not their intent. the plan that was leaked only presents draft options. it's not the file product and the white house says the president has warned repeatedly if congress ignores the plan he'll produce one of his own. they're upset by the leak. they don't want it to appear they upstate koj. they support the bill. they think the talks are going well. so they know, too, an immigration bill introduced by the president is not going to pass
this time the flap is about the obama administration. it liamed out as the lawmakers on capitol hill work out on details of their own. bill planlt is at the white house. good morning. >> what they really want is for senators to write new laws for immigration reform. they deny that they're trying to politicize the process. president obama's new chief of staff said sunday the white house is working on a plan of its own. that leaked document an zbrering a lot of congressional republicans....
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president obama called republican leaders yesterday. bill plante is at the white house. bill, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. that's right. first high-level contact but no reported progress. congress will be back to work on monday, but there's a sense here at the white house that the white house will find it politically impossible to make any kind of deal. it will mean trimming across the board. with the pentagon and other departments already in crisis mode, the white house announced thursday that he had phoned them but wouldn't state more. was it to reach out for a decision or to reach out in order to compromise? >> the president shoek with senator mcconnell and the speaker. i have no content to read out to you. the two republican leaders pointed out this was the first time they reached out in ought mat imcuts in 2012. it will mean $1.2 trillion in across-the-board cuts. thursday president obama argued to friendly radio hosts that they're standing in his way for the wrong reasons. >> their basic view is nothing is important enough to raise taxes on well thi ind
president obama called republican leaders yesterday. bill plante is at the white house. bill, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. that's right. first high-level contact but no reported progress. congress will be back to work on monday, but there's a sense here at the white house that the white house will find it politically impossible to make any kind of deal. it will mean trimming across the board. with the pentagon and other departments already in crisis mode, the white house...
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. >> reporter: president obama warned workers at virginia's newport shipyard, they may have to stay home without pay, if congress doesn't step in to stop automatic budget cuts. >> this work, along with hundreds of thousands of jobs, are currently in jeopardy because of politics in washington. >> reporter: the cuts, set to take place march 1st, will take a $46 billion chunk out of the defense budget. shipyards are preparing for the worst. >> if i'm one of those that gets laid off, trying to figure out how i would continue to go and earn my money to pay for college. >> reporter: if congress and the president can't come up with a budget compromise, it's not just big navy ship builders who will be affected. those automatic cuts are expected to trickle down. pedro alfonso employs 2600 workers to install communications fiber. he's already been notified some of his government contracts will be put on hold. >> we thought sequestration wouldn't happen. no way it could happen. they're going to solve this. all of a sudden, it becomes real. >> reporter: house republicans are pointing their finger at
. >> reporter: president obama warned workers at virginia's newport shipyard, they may have to stay home without pay, if congress doesn't step in to stop automatic budget cuts. >> this work, along with hundreds of thousands of jobs, are currently in jeopardy because of politics in washington. >> reporter: the cuts, set to take place march 1st, will take a $46 billion chunk out of the defense budget. shipyards are preparing for the worst. >> if i'm one of those that gets...
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. >>> on capitol hill yesterday, a surprise about the obama administration's response to syria's civil war. defense secretary leon panetta revealed for the first time that president obama was the one who blocked a plan to arm rebel fighters in syria. the plan was developed last year by then cia director david petraeus and backed by penalty gone leaders and then secretary of state hillary clinton. the white house had doubts about which rebels could be trusted with the arms. those details came to light during the senate hearing on libya. they had tough questions for panetta. he related he and president obama spoke once during the eight-hour benghazi attack that left four americans dead. it also explained why war plains weren't sent. nancy cordes is on capitol hill. nancy, good morning. >> good morning, norah. panetta says the reason planes were not sent is because it came in two waves. after the first wave ended, they all thought it was over. plus, he said there wasn't enough actionable intelligence on the ground to act. >> you can't just willy nilly send f-16s there and blow up the plac
. >>> on capitol hill yesterday, a surprise about the obama administration's response to syria's civil war. defense secretary leon panetta revealed for the first time that president obama was the one who blocked a plan to arm rebel fighters in syria. the plan was developed last year by then cia director david petraeus and backed by penalty gone leaders and then secretary of state hillary clinton. the white house had doubts about which rebels could be trusted with the arms. those...
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." >> did you see pictures of president obama playing golf this past weekend with tiger woods? neither did we. >> i don't understand what the outrage is. you want to watch him shank and slice? >> you know you have a good marriage when you say, sure honey, go have a guys' weekend with tiger woods in florida. captioning funded by cbs >>> welcome to "cbs this morning." nora o'donnell is on assignment. we've learned new details about what motivated adam lanza to go on a shooting spree last december in newtown, connecticut. >> the rampage at the sandy hook loophole elementary school killed 20 students and six faculty members. we have more. >> reporter: good morning. law enforcement sources tell cbs news that adam lanza was motivated by violent video games and a strong personal desire to kill more people than another infamous mass murderer. sources say adam lanza saw himself as being in direct competition with anders breivik, a norwegian man who killed 77 people in july 2011. breivik set off a bomb in downtown oslo killing eight people, then moved to a nearby island where he hunted d
." >> did you see pictures of president obama playing golf this past weekend with tiger woods? neither did we. >> i don't understand what the outrage is. you want to watch him shank and slice? >> you know you have a good marriage when you say, sure honey, go have a guys' weekend with tiger woods in florida. captioning funded by cbs >>> welcome to "cbs this morning." nora o'donnell is on assignment. we've learned new details about what motivated adam...
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. >>> the debate over obama administration's use of unmanned drone craft striking americans was front and center this week on capitol hill. senators grilled cia director nominee john brennan about the program. but what's the view on the ground? cristhristopher smith a an adjunct professor and recently from a fact-fining mission in yemen. good morning, christopher. >> good morning. thanks for having me. >> what's the attitude about these strikes? is there a revulsion about them? a political problem? how do they feel? >> there's a major political problem, and the political problem is generalized political anger and resentment. it's not the droens in particular. it's the fact that the united states and saudi arabia have intervened in yemen. and the if you look at the the arab spring, they see that as foreign countries interfering with their ability to make their own decisions about their country's future. >> to what tee degreedegree is it becoming a recruitment tool for al qaeda? >> we presume that the drone strikes bring resent meant and that brings more into al qaeda. i interviewed a n
. >>> the debate over obama administration's use of unmanned drone craft striking americans was front and center this week on capitol hill. senators grilled cia director nominee john brennan about the program. but what's the view on the ground? cristhristopher smith a an adjunct professor and recently from a fact-fining mission in yemen. good morning, christopher. >> good morning. thanks for having me. >> what's the attitude about these strikes? is there a revulsion about...